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Whenever I pass a display of bananas in the grocery store, I can almost smell the wonderful aroma of this bread. It really is good! —Gert Kaiser, Kenosha, Wisconsin
- 1-3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed (1 cup)
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, bananas, oil, buttermilk and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Fold in nuts.
- Pour into a greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf.
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OMG...this is the best banana bread ever! So very flavorful and moist. As suggested, I used 3 bananas and did not have buttermilk, so used whipped cream & few dollops of butter. I was contemplating adding the spices & brown sugar suggested in the other reviews, but do not want to alter such a perfect, yummy recipe.
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i>clicker's dedication to user driven innovation applies to not only our SRS solution, but how our valued clients use it. Below we have complied valuable tips from our clients for using i>clicker and grouped them by topic. For the names, discipline and academic affiliation of our contributing clients please see the Contributors List at end of this page.
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Explain to students that using i>clicker enables everyone in the class to have a voice, that their ideas are registered where other class members can see them. - J. Broida
Only use i>clicker in one course the first semester. The ease of use of the i>clicker system may lead you to believe that it would be relatively simple to convert all of your courses over in one semester; however, although the system is easy to use, the pedagogical issues are more complex. You need to do one trial run of a course to discover how best to implement the new tool into your own personal approach. - J. T. Milliron
Although the i>clicker products make it a breeze to start using clicker questions in your class, the biggest learning gains come from allowing the clicker questions to become a teaching strategy that transforms your classroom from an instructor-centered forum into a place where students are the central participants and must become a cooperative group of learners. This requires a more significant commitment to spend class time using clicker questions, to spend preparation time thinking about how the concepts in your course can be addressed by clicker questions, and to spend more than one semester experimenting and learning how clicker questions can be made to work best for you and your students. Once that commitment is made, however, the multiple and significant benefits will become abundantly clear. - L. Gibson
Using i>clicker pedagogy is very different from using i>clicker technology—it requires a real investment in time and a change in teaching culture. It also places student learning as the centerpiece of the course and makes the teacher more valuable than any lecture ever could. - M. Simon
Test [the technology] in the classroom you will be using. A student came up to me after the first class of a new semester and thanked me for knowing how to use the system. It seems that an instructor in another course had basically experimented on the class, learning the system on the fly. The students were not impressed. Mastering the technology will enable you to focus on what's important—the pedagogical value. - M. Preis
Plan to spend a little time before the course begins becoming intimately familiar with the i>clicker software and hardware. i>clicker provides excellent tutelage in the use of its system, and I would encourage every faculty member planning to use i>clicker to take advantage of this. - R. Freedman
Bring a Sharpie to the first two classes and have all students mark their i>clickers with their initials. It is almost unavoidable that at some point during the semester, at least one student will accidentally switch i>clickers with a classmate (or roommate). This is difficult to fix, particularly if it is unknown when the swap took place. - J. T. Milliron
Don't rely on clickers to single-handedly hold attention and maintain student interest. Although [the] i>clicker [system] is an effective tool, it should be used in tandem with other engaging classroom activities. - M. Preis
At the end of the semester, accept donated i>clickers. Although our bookstore buys used clickers, I encourage those who don't like money to donate their used devices to the department. Later, I make them available for a semester-long loan to students having financial difficulties or as a permanent replacement for someone whose i>clicker has broken (a rare occurrence). - J. T. Milliron
Don't overuse the clickers. Like any technology introduced in the classroom, audience response systems can become a distraction. The quickest way for this to occur is to have too many questions during a single class session. - J. T. Milliron
Be mindful of the time factor. Presenting and discussing clicker questions often takes longer than presenting slides, yet it engages students with the material in a way that copying a slide or listening to the instructor talk does not. Of course, the change in timing might require a few classroom adjustments. For instance, I had my TA do many of the problems I had previously used as class examples in the recitation sections. In addition, I had him do some of the activities that were better suited to smaller groups. - J. Kaplan
The i>clicker system can be used at the beginning of class to encourage promptness and to establish a baseline of background information and/or conceptual understanding (this is especially valuable if you intend to build on previous understanding). Clickers can also be used during class to establish how well a point has been made. Additionally, the system can be used at the end of class to pull things together, emphasize the most important ideas one more time, and assess student learning. I tend to use the system towards the end of class to assess my teaching strategy, hold students accountable for their learning, and offer a reward structure for the class. Knowing that I was going to ask a question at the end of class to determine how well a concept was internalized by students kept me more focused and intent on presenting the concept not only carefully but multiple times and in multiple ways. - M. Simon
Once answers to a clicker question have been submitted, ask someone to elaborate on his/her thinking. Even when students choose the correct response, they often need help articulating all that is involved in knowing why it is the correct response. i>clicker opens up these conversations to create a more comprehensive understanding of course material. I also point out faulty logic that would lead students to select a wrong answer. If sufficient time has been invested in crafting wrong answers, this can be very helpful. - M. Simon
Don't use the countdown timer. Although this feature might seem helpful to students, as they will know exactly how much time they have to answer each question, I've found that it greatly increases their frustration level. I can see the number of votes as they come in, so I simply wait for the flow to stop. After a short pause, I ask if anyone needs more time. Using this process, most questions are answered in 30 to 40 seconds. - J. T. Milliron
Simply requiring students to buy i>clicker and tossing out clicker questions during class is not a guarantee of success. It takes time to create and revise concept-based questions that challenge students' intuitions in a profitable way, and it takes some experience to know how to respond to the results of clicker questions. - L. Gibson
Quiz students on their reading or other homework to reinforce keeping up with assignments. - J. Broida
Every now and then, throw in a fun trivia question. I typically use these types of questions as a class opener, particularly in the first few weeks of the semester. This gets students comfortable with the technology and associates its use with pleasure rather than pain. - J. T. Milliron
Use i>clicker in a way that fits your particular teaching style. Clickers are not limited to use during lectures and PowerPoint presentations; they can be used while watching a film clip, using statistics software, or holding discussions. As the results will display for the instructor on the base, you don't even have to have the projector on. Be creative and fit clickers into what you are already doing. - L. Gibson
Don't be afraid to ad-lib. One of the more brilliant features of the i>clicker system is the instructor's remote. This remote gives you control of your slides and the polling. Without going near the computer, you can poll students at any time. I just ask a question and tell them to vote A for yes and B for no, or perhaps A for feel very strong for and E for feel very strong against, with C being neutral. Because the instructor's remote is so easy to use, I have surprised myself by how often I spontaneously use this feature, particularly in my larger courses. - L. Gibson
Bear in mind that although we desire increased student participation, it can lead to a bit more discussion than instructors expect. It may open the floodgates, as it were. Present clicker questions that elucidate diversity of opinion and encourage comparison of responses. - J. Broida
Use i>clicker to spark discussions, not replace them. Except for quizzes, I encourage students to dialogue with each other during a vote, particularly if it involves an opinion. This usually ends up being a loud period in class, but it is short-lived (30–45 seconds) and almost guaranteed to provoke some interesting questions and comments once the results are revealed. - J. T. Milliron
Call on students at random to explain their answers. This seems to help those listening and those explaining to better understand why a particular answer is correct. - D. Anderson
Use i>clicker to measure student understanding quickly and easily, then adjust lectures according to need. If many students miss a quiz question, you know to review the issues; if almost everyone gets it right, you can move on. - J. de Vries
Present some questions for students to answer and explain based entirely on their current knowledge of the topic at hand. I have students first answer a question with no discussion allowed, then I allot time for discussion between students, and, finally, I pose the same question and poll students' answers. There is frequently a noticeable shift toward the correct response. This process helps students to understand the value of their previous knowledge of mathematics, and the questions often connect that knowledge with their real-world experience. - L. Gibson
[For courses addressing sensitive topics]. Make the most of the clicker questions anonymous poll taking. Students can contribute personal information without fear, and you can gain an accurate assessment of current belief systems and practices. - C. Schawel
Construct your discussion questions delicately so that some go against students' natural intuition. When we consider problems that challenge our intuition, we have an opportunity to perceive the limits of our understanding. If we act to push our understanding beyond its current limits, we will solve problems that arise from more diverse and sophisticated scenarios. - L. Gibson
Use i>clickers to help students identify and correct their misconceptions based on class responses to strategically written connected questions. Sometimes it is only after seeing separate but connected questions that they grasp an idea, despite the fact that it was just addressed in class. - J. Carmichael
Create not only correct answers to questions but well thought-out incorrect answers designed to elucidate misconceptions among students. Once students commit to a response, it is easier to engage them in a discussion regarding the concept associated with that response—especially if they are wrong. Students want to know why they are wrong, what is correct, and why it is correct. This makes an excellent setting for learning. - M. Simon
Bring back the reading quizzes (if it suits your pedagogical approach). With i>clicker, the administrative burden is all but eliminated, the feedback is instant, and the grades can be exported to classroom management systems. Use each quiz as a learning experience instead of simply an evaluative one—you can discuss each question after it is answered and correct any faulty reasoning on the spot. - J. T. Milliron
Giving clicker quizzes is a great way to assess students' understanding of key concepts from a given week's lectures and readings. I select the most important concepts, ideas, or facts and turn them into multiple-choice questions. Once they complete all of the questions, I return to the beginning and work through the correct answers for each, spending extra time reviewing material when a question is missed by more than a quarter of the class. Pedagogy research demonstrates that repetition in multiple forms helps aid student learning. By using i>clicker to give weekly quizzes [in addition to recording attendance with a clicker opinion question each day and generating discussion on controversial issues through non-graded clicker polls], I ensured that students were exposed to course material through reading, lecture, discussion, and application. - M. Brown
Limit the high-stakes use of i>clicker. If the devices are generally used during stressful moments, students will have strong negative associations with the technology. Make use of the participation-points feature of the i>grader software to reduce anxiety. Also, if you use i>clickers for quizzes, build in drops to get students started. - J. T. Milliron
Choose a suitable weight of the course grade for clicker usage—enough credit to get students' attention, but not so much that it diminishes the importance of examinations, projects, and other methods of demonstrating learning. - M. Preis
The key to using i>clicker is to make them mandatory, to use them often in class, and to associate points with every response. If I asked a question that had a correct answer, a correct answer was worth 1 point, and a wrong answer merited .25 points for participation. The experience and opinion polling questions did not have right answers, so they were each worth .25 points for participation. - J. de Vries
Students are required to bring their i>clickers to every class to participate. I don't hand out loaners, nor do I accept responses on scraps of paper. With i>clicker every student is accountable for every question—not just a few on whom I decided. This accountability genuinely inspires a greater effort by students, which in turn creates more enlightened interaction in the class. - M. Simon
Some students might be tempted to have another student click in for them (especially when credit is awarded for class attendance). A solution to this potential problem is to warn students during the first class that this is plagiarism. Alerting students that those who do this may be held accountable for a violation of standards seems to have all but eliminated this issue. - J. Broida
If you use i>clickers for quizzes, build in "drops" to help minimize the temptation for students to cheat. - J. T. Milliron
Compare daily i>clicker usage with the number of students in class. If the student count is lower, a student might be using multiple i>clickers on behalf of another student(s). When that occurs, you can ask the students to sign a sheet at the end of class and use the signatures to verify attendance. - Michael, Martine & Susan Gould
Because it's easy for students to cheat on quizzes if they wish, you can allow students to discuss their answers in pairs, small groups, or as a class—their choice. I've been very pleased with the quality of discussion that has ensued and the increased class cohesiveness that comes with working together. - S. Frantz
Don't be too concerned about the potential "cheating" that occurs during clicker quizzes—the point of quizzes is to review important material with students and to identify areas needing more attention. - M. Brown
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Be sure to look for special-needs students and be ready to accommodate them. In my courses, I have encountered 2 populations who had difficulty with audience response systems: the visually impaired and the non-native speakers. In consideration of both groups, I read each question to the class. Although this might seem strange at first, it quickly becomes part of the routine. For extreme cases, it might be necessary to offer an alternative means of evaluation. - J. Milliron
Tip Contributors:
John Broida, Psychology, University of Southern Maine J. Trevor Milliron, Psychology, Lee University Lee R. Gibson, Mathematics, University of Louisville Marllin L Simon, Physics, Auburn University Michael Preis, Business Administration, University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Roger Freedman, Astronomy, University of California—Santa Barbara Jennifer J. Kaplan, Statistics, Michigan State University David Anderson, Chemistry, University of Colorado—Colorado Springs Joyce de Vries, Art, Auburn University Cary Schawel, Languages, Humanities & the Arts, Oakton Community College Jeff Carmichael, Biology, University of North Dakota Mitchell Brown, Political Science, Auburn University Michael Gould, Martine Gould, Management, and Susan Martin Gould, Nutrition, Colorado State University Sue Frantz, Psychology, Highline Community College


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Leather: Animals Abused And Killed for Their Skins
Every year, the global leather industry slaughters more than a billion animals and tans their skins and hides.(1) Many of these animals suffer all the horrors of factory farming—including extreme crowding and confinement, deprivation, and unanesthetized castration, branding, tail-docking, and dehorning—as well as cruel treatment during transport and slaughter.
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The multibillion-dollar meat industry profits from more than just animals' flesh. The byproducts of meat consumption include fats and blood that are used in livestock feed, tires, explosives, paints, and cosmetics; organs that are used in pet food; and heart valves that are used in the pharmaceutical industry.(2,3) The skin of the animal is considered to be one of the most significant economic byproducts of the meatpacking industry.(4)
When dairy cows' production declines, their skin is made into leather. The hides of their calves, who are frequently raised for veal, are made into high-priced calfskin. The economic success of slaughterhouses and dairy farms is directly linked to the sale of leather goods.
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Most leather produced and sold in the U.S. is made from the skins of cattle and calves, but leather is also made from horses, sheep, lambs, goats, and pigs who are slaughtered for meat. Other species are hunted and killed specifically for their skins, including zebras, bison, water buffaloes, boars, kangaroos, elephants, eels, sharks, dolphins, seals, walruses, frogs, turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes.
Other "exotic" animals, such as alligators, are factory-farmed for their skins and meat. Young alligators are often kept in tanks above ground, while bigger animals live in pools half-sunken into concrete slabs.(5) According to Florida's regulations, as many as 350 6-foot alligators can legally inhabit a space the size of a typical family home.(6) One Georgia farmer had 10,000 alligators living in four buildings, where, according to the Los Angeles Times, "hundreds and hundreds of alligators fill every inch of [each] room."(7) Although alligators can live up to 60 years, farmed alligators are usually butchered before the age of 2, as soon as they reach 4 to 6 feet in length.(8,9) Humane treatment is not a priority for those who poach and hunt animals to obtain their skin or for those who transform skin into leather.
Kangaroos are slaughtered by the millions every year; their skins are considered prime material for soccer shoes.(10,11) Although the Australian government requires that hunters shoot the animals, orphaned joeys and wounded adults are, according to government code, to be decapitated or hit sharply on the head "to destroy the brain."(12) After learning about these cruel methods, soccer star David Beckham switched to shoes made from synthetic materials in 2006.(13)
Snakes and lizards may be skinned alive because of the belief that live flaying makes exotic leather more supple. Kid goats may be boiled alive to make gloves, and the skins of unborn calves and lambs—some purposely aborted, others from slaughtered pregnant cows and ewes—are considered especially "luxurious."
Shearling, contrary to many consumers' misconceptions, is not sheared wool; the term refers to a yearling sheep who has been shorn once. A shearling garment is made from the skin of a sheep or lamb who is shorn shortly before slaughter; the skin is tanned with the wool still on it.
Animals used to produce leather in other countries often suffer horribly as well. Although many people believe that cows are treated well in India because they are revered by some Indians, a PETA investigation into cattle slaughter in India revealed that old cows are sold at auction and then marched long distances to illegal transport trucks. Often sick and injured from the grueling march, as many as 50 cattle are crammed into trucks designed to hold no more than a dozen animals. They are then driven over rutted roads—all the while goring and trampling each other—to ancient and filthy slaughterhouses where all four of their feet are bound together and their throats are cut.
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Although leathermakers like to tout their products as "biodegradable" and "eco-friendly," the process of tanning stabilizes the collagen or protein fibers so that they actually stop biodegrading.
Until the late 1800s, animal skin was air- or salt-dried and tanned with vegetable tannins or oil, but today, animal skin is turned into finished leather with a variety of much more dangerous substances, including mineral salts, formaldehyde, coal-tar derivatives, and various oils, dyes, and finishes, some of which are cyanide-based.
Most leather produced in the U.S. and around the world is chrome-tanned. All wastes containing chromium are considered hazardous by the Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to the toxic substances mentioned above, tannery effluent also contains large amounts of other pollutants, such as protein, hair, salt, lime sludge, sulfides, and acids. A chrome-tanning facility wastes nearly 15,000 gallons of water and produces up to 2,200 pounds of "solid waste" (e.g., hair, flesh, and trimmings) for every ton of hides that it processes.(14)
Among the disastrous consequences of this noxious waste is the threat to human health from the highly elevated levels of lead, cyanide, and formaldehyde in the groundwater near tanneries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the incidence of leukemia among residents in an area surrounding one tannery in Kentucky was five times the national average.(15) Arsenic, a common tannery chemical, has long been associated with lung cancer in workers who are exposed to it on a regular basis. Several studies have established links between sinus and lung cancers and the chromium used in tanning.(16) Studies of leather-tannery workers in Sweden and Italy found cancer risks "between 20% and 50% above [those] expected."(17)
Raising animals whose skins are turned into leather creates waste and pollution. Huge amounts of fossil fuels are consumed in livestock production: It takes about 35 calories of fossil fuel to make one calorie of beef and 68 calories of fossil fuel to make one calorie of pork. At that rate, according to one Cornell University expert, the world's fossil fuel resources will be exhausted within a decade.(18) Researchers at the University of Chicago found that the typical American diet (nearly 30 percent of which comes from animal sources) generates the equivalent of nearly 3,300 pounds more carbon dioxide per person per year than a vegan diet with the same number of calories.(19)
Trees are cut down to create pastureland, vast quantities of water are used, and run-off from feedlots and dairy farms is a major source of water pollution. A California study found that a single dairy cow "emits 19.3 pounds of volatile organic compounds per year, making dairies the largest source of the smog-making gas, surpassing trucks and passenger cars."(20)
According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, tanneries have largely shifted operations worldwide from developed to undeveloped nations, where labor is cheap and environmental regulations are lax.(21)
What You Can Do
There are many alternatives to leather, including cotton, linen, rubber, ramie, canvas, and synthetics. Chlorenol (called "Hydrolite" by Avia and "Durabuck" by Nike) is a material that is perforated for breathability and is used in athletic and hiking shoes. It stretches around the foot with the same "give" as leather, gives good support, and is machine-washable.
Leather alternatives can be found just about anywhere you might shop. But some places, such as discount shoe and variety stores, offer larger selections. Designers such as Liz Claiborne, Capezio, Sam & Libby, Steve Madden, and Nike (call 1-800-344-NIKE for a current list of vegan styles) offer an array of nonleather handbags, wallets, and shoes. Shop for nonleather clothes, shoes, and accessories at PETA's cruelty-free online mall, PETAMall.com.
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1) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Slaughtered/Production Animals 2008, FAOSTAT Database, 14 Apr. 2010.
2) Rothsay, "About Us—Rendering," Rothsay, 2009.
3) A. Severin Johnson, "Packing House Byproducts," Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, Iowa State University, Feb. 2003.
4) Deng-Cheng Liu, "Better Utilization of By-Products From the Meat Industry," Food & Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region, 10 Jan. 2001.
5) Michael P. Masser, "Alligator Production," Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, May 1993.
6) Masser.
7) Edith Stanley, "Chicken Again? These Gators Get a Steady Diet of Dead Fowl," Los Angeles Times, 10 Jun. 2001.
8) Zoological Society of San Diego, "Alligator & Crocodile," Animal Bytes, San Diego Zoo.org, 2010.
9) Masser.
10) Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts, "Background Information, Commercial Kangaroo and Wallaby Harvest Quotas 2010," Mar. 2010.
11) "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport," The Sports Factor, narrated by Amanda Smith, Radio National, Australia, 31 May 2002.
12) Government of South Australia, The Kangaroo Conservation and Management Plan for South Australia 2008–2012, Department of Environment and Heritage, 2007.
13) Tom Anderson, "Beckham Hangs Up His Boots (The Ones Made out of Baby Kangaroos)," The Independent, 5 Feb. 2006.
14) Doris Schubert, "Assessment of the Environmental Release of Chemicals From the Leather Processing Industry," IC-07 Leather Processing Industry, 28 Jul. 1998.
15) Richard E. Sclove et al., Community-Based Research in the United States (Amherst: The Loka Institute, 1998) 52.
16) Richard B. Hayes, "The Carcinogenicity of Metals in Humans," Cancer Causes and Control, 8 (1997), 371–85.
17) France Labrèche, Ph.D., Occupations and Breast Cancer: Evaluation of Associations Between Breast Cancer and Workplace Exposures (Montréal: McGill University, 23 Dec. 1997).
18) Richard Manning, "The Oil We Eat," Harper's, Feb. 2004.
19) "It's Better to Green Your Diet Than Your Car," New Scientist, 17 Dec. 2005.
20) Jennifer M. Fitzenberger, "Dairies Gear Up for Fight Over Air," Fresno Bee, 2 Aug. 2005.
21) Intergovernmental Group on Meat, Sub-Group on Hides and Skins, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, "Hides and Skins and Skins and Leather Commodity Profile and Strategy for Development," Committee on Commodity Problems, Seventh Session, 4–6 Jun. 2001.


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Poor Raj! He finally has a girl talk to him, he actually asks her out... and she ditches him through a tiny, high bathroom window. I don't blame him for become a recluse.
As sad as the situation was for Raj, it was hilarious. I may quietly chuckle during shows, but I rarely burst out in a loud laugh. "The Monster Isolation" was an exception. Raj, whitey tighties, plastic bib, eating lobster ... what a sight to see. Kunal Nayyar pulled that scene off brilliantly.
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After so long of struggling with girls, I was happy to see that Lucy came back and that she agreed to go on a date with Raj again. She's troubled. He's troubled. It could be a magical fit just like Howard and Bernie and Sheldon and Amy. And one full of comedic opportunities.
As funny as it was, I hope to never see Raj running down the street in his underwear again. She better not break his heart!
While Raj was dealing his rejection, Sheldon was oblivious, wondering if they should interview for a new friend since Raj hadn't been around. The usually self-absorbed Sheldon did have a bit of a breakthrough with his pal Penny's help. I groaned when "Fun with Flags" came on the screen. After the Wil Wheaton "Fun with Flags" debacle, I was sure that it would be retired, but it was back. And, I'm glad that it was.
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That new openness didn't extend to the complicated rules of personal interaction, compliments and invitations, though. Ultimately, Sheldon did accept Penny's invitation to see her perform, yet tried to bring his own entertainment with him.
No gaming devices. Really, he has three of them? A Rubik's Cube down the front of his pants? A Etch-a-Sketch in his behind? Wow. He really feared being bored at the play.
Despite the lack of streetcars, he enjoyed the show. Even more importantly, Penny showed her friends that she was in fact a good actress. They have doubted her in the past, but it's unlikely they will in the future. Will they give her the support she needs to succeed as an actress and give up her waitress job?
Sheldon would probably like that so he could get a waitress that could remember his order.
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I'm sorry but I found the episode boring and embarrassing. This is not a storyline for Raj, but a constant humiliation. Seeing him hanging out in his underwear is just a cheap joke for me. A once so lovable character is gone forever, I'm afraid. I also found the new girl creepy, and I don't mean her looks but her weird way of acting.
I enjoy the changes the show has gone through during its run. Maybe because I, and my friends who love it, are older than the target demographic. (We're all over 60.) Anyway, we met a whole bunch of young, geeky, even Penny in a way, people back in 2007. They've grown up ! That's what most people do. They've even matured. Something I've always had trouble coping with. Anyway, we only have one season left after this. I hope they go out on top. BTW, I loved Penny in Streetcar.
I'm going to have to agree with Marie on this. I'd be happier if the show had stayed with just the 4 guys and Penny but if there are going to be girlfriends the show can do better than this.I'm sure Ms.Micucci is a charming girl and all but her comedic talent sure didn't stand out on Raising Hope or this episode.
How about Sheldon's assistant Alex? She's smart and gorgeous and I like her acting.Leonard is not going to give up on Penny so why is she still around if she's not going to be a love interest for Raj?
i like the rajs storyline too, its gonna be fun to see those weirds to communicate each other.
I dont find that the Lenny (leonard-penny) goes anywhere if penny go success in acting. We all know about Leonard jealousness, and for penny we all now that she is a party girl. For that i always thought that this is a science fiction series


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The client for 2006 was Hybridcenter.org, a Web site that provides information to consumers
about the new hybrid vehicle technology. The brief asked students to create advertising that draws
attention to the promise of hybrid vehicles and illustrates the benefits of the technology to the
consumer and environment.
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text: A textile mill in Tanzania that produces long-lasting, insecticide-treated mosquito nets. our goal: to control, eliminate, and ultimately eradicate malaria. The Challenge In This Page The Challenge The Opportunity Our Strategy Areas of Focus At A Glance up Malaria occurs in nearly 100 countries worldwide and affects more than 200 million people. About 655,000 people died from malaria in 2010, more than 90 percent of them in Africa. Through a combination of interventions, malaria incidence in the past decade has fallen by at least 50 percent in one-third of the countries where the disease is endemic. We invest in efforts to develop more effective treatments, diagnostic tools, mosquito-control measures, and a safe and effective malaria vaccine. Our Malaria strategy, updated in 2012, is led by Alan Magill, director, and is part of the foundation's Global Health Division. down Malaria occurs in nearly 100 countries worldwide, exacting a huge toll on human health and imposing a heavy social and economic burden in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. More than 200 million people suffered from the disease in 2010, and about 655,000 died , the vast majority of them children under age 5. Malaria is caused by parasites that are spread by mosquitoes, and even in relatively mild cases it can cause high fever, chills, flu-like symptoms, and anemia, which can be especially dangerous for pregnant women. Children who survive severe malaria can suffer lifelong mental disabilities. Malaria's economic impact is estimated to cost billions of dollars in lost productivity every year. The Opportunity Share Share up Section down Malaria is preventable and treatable, and history shows that it can be eliminated. Less than a century ago, it was prevalent across the world, including Europe and North America. In high-income countries, aggressive prevention measures and more effective monitoring and treatment gradually brought the disease under control and then led to elimination—which the World Health Organization defines as the complete interruption of mosquito transmission of the disease for three or more years. In the United States, this milestone was achieved in 1951. Major gains have been made in controlling malaria in developing nations. In the past decade, malaria incidence has fallen by at least 50 percent in one-third of the countries where the disease is endemic. These gains have been made through a combination of interventions, including timely diagnosis and treatment using reliable tests and anti-malarial drugs; indoor spraying with safe insecticides; and the use of long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets to protect people from mosquito bites at night. However, current tools and treatments are insufficient to achieve elimination in many countries, let alone global eradication. In the meantime, malaria could rebound quickly as the parasites develop resistance to currently available insecticides and treatments. Both forms of resistance have already emerged as serious potential threats to effective and affordable malaria control. Innovation is essential to meeting these challenges and maintaining progress against malaria. Sustained research and development (R&D) is needed to create a diverse array of treatment and prevention tools and thus avoid overreliance on a small set of anti-malaria tools, which has proven risky for effective malaria control. Fortunately, global commitment to fighting malaria has solidified; malaria funding has increased almost six-fold since 2003. Through the Global Malaria Action Plan, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership are coordinating international efforts. But we still need more effective policies and increased funding to secure lasting gains against one of humanity's greatest health threats. Our Strategy Share Share up Section down Malaria is a top priority of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our resources, while significant, are only a small part of worldwide funding to combat malaria, and we work closely with donor governments and developing countries. To ensure that our investments complement other efforts, we concentrate our resources in areas where existing funds are limited, our support can have catalytic effect, and we can assume risks that are more challenging for others to take on. Our strategy addresses the areas in which we believe the foundation is best positioned, among a broad spectrum of partners, to help reduce the burden of malaria. An entomologist examines dead mosquitoes extracted from a window trap in a village. We support R&D for more effective treatments, diagnostics, mosquito-control measures, and a safe and effective malaria vaccine. We also support the development of strategies to make progress toward malaria elimination. To date, we have committed nearly US$2 billion in malaria grants. We have also committed more than US$1.4 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which supports the expanded use of proven prevention and treatment tools for malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. Beyond our own direct investments in the fight against malaria, we also advocate for sustained and increased funding of malaria control and elimination efforts by donor governments and endemic countries. Areas of Focus Share Share up Section down We work with a broad array of partners—including government agencies, multilateral organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, community organizations, and private industry—in several areas to advance the goal of controlling, eliminating, and ultimate eradicating malaria. Go To>> Drugs and Diagnostics Vector-Control Tools Vaccines Integrated Interventions Advocacy, Policy, and Financing Drugs and Diagnostics The current treatment for malaria is artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). ACTs are effective and are well-tolerated by patients, but because of their high cost, patients often purchase cheaper, less-effective drugs, poor-quality drugs, or counterfeits, all of which can increase the risk that drug-resistant strains of malaria will emerge. Resistance has already been observed in Southeast Asia. A nurse dispenses a malaria drug to treat an infected child in Tanzania To improve the availability of treatments and eventually develop a single-dose cure for malaria, it is important to diversify the drug pipeline and invest in the discovery and development of effective non-artemisinin-based treatments. Our strategy supports the effective delivery of ACTs, the elimination of artemisinin resistance, and the discovery of novel malaria drugs. The Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) is our major grantee in this effort. MMV has developed the largest malaria-drug pipeline in history. We also support efforts to improve the use of effective diagnostic tools to ensure that people are diagnosed and then treated appropriately. Our investments include: Developing new non-artemisinin-based drugs for purposes such as prevention (including long-lasting prophylaxis), treatment of liver-stage infection, and blocking of transmission Ensuring a stable supply of quality-assured artemisinin, through the introduction of high-yield plants and biosynthetic artemisinin Ensuring greater access to affordable ACTs, particularly through the private sector Preventing the spread of resistance by eliminating poor-quality or counterfeit drugs and monotherapies and improving surveillance systems and malaria-control programs Increasing the use of diagnostic tools for treatment, monitoring, and elimination of malaria We will monitor success in this area based on the effectiveness of drugs and diagnostics that are developed and delivered and the ability of these tools to reduce malaria transmission. We will also assess their impact on artemisinin-tolerant parasites in Southeast Asia. Vector-Control Tools Indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets are currently the two most effective interventions for reducing and interrupting malaria transmission. Unfortunately, their effectiveness is threatened by increasing mosquito resistance to the pesticides used. Moreover, indoor sprays and bed nets are not effective against mosquito species that are active outside homes or that bite during the daylight hours. We support efforts to improve existing vector-control tools and develop new ones that can interrupt transmission in all settings. Our investments include: Improving current vector-control approaches by developing longer-lasting indoor residual spraying, insecticides that can be used in combination to overcome resistance, and active ingredients that avoid known resistance mechanisms Exploiting novel aspects of the ecology or behavior of vector mosquitoes through the use of new tools and strategies such as spatial repellants, sugar-baited traps, and animal treatments Identifying which tools, alone or in combination, are most effective for eliminating malaria in particular settings Together with our partners, particularly the Innovative Vector Control Consortium, we will monitor success in this area based on the effectiveness of new or improved tools. We also will monitor progress toward identifying optimal packages of vector-control tools to interrupt malaria transmission. Vaccines An effective vaccine could provide a powerful tool against malaria, but developing one will take sustained scientific effort over many years. In recent Phase III clinical trials, the RTS,S malaria vaccine had lower-than-desired efficacy, but the data demonstrated that it is possible to vaccinate against a parasite—an important advance. Beyond the current vaccine candidates that could play an important role in reducing malaria in various target groups, successful efforts to eradicate malaria will ultimately require more efficacious second-generation vaccines that can block transmission across entire populations at risk. The process of vaccine development is currently slowed by lack of knowledge of the mechanisms of immunity. We invest in efforts to develop vaccines that can interrupt malaria transmission, including a second-generation vaccine or new vaccines based on transmission-blocking antigens. We also support research that can guide more efficient vaccine development. Integrated Interventions A number of interventions are highly effective against malaria, but questions remain about where and how best to deploy them: What is the impact of intensifying these interventions? In which countries is elimination currently feasible? What combination of tools will be optimal for eliminating malaria in specific transmission settings? We support efforts to answer these questions and to capture and share lessons learned about the impact of scaling up and sustaining interventions. We also invest in efforts to learn how best to sustain financing of and commitment to anti-malaria efforts. Advocacy, Policy, and Financing The fight against malaria has gained momentum from a remarkable growth in partners, political will, and funding, but this momentum needs to be sustained over the long term. More resources are needed to enable further progress in R&D and to support countries in their prevention and treatment efforts. Rural residents of Pailin Province, Cambodia, attend a course on malaria prevention. In the past decade, funding for malaria control risen from US$300 million in 2003 to an estimated US$2 billion in 2011. This massive increase was made possible by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and commitments from the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, the UK Department for International Development, UNITAID, the World Bank, and other bilateral and multilateral agencies. Still, the Global Malaria Action Plan estimates that an additional US$5 billion in annual funding is needed to achieve and sustain universal coverage and pursue research and development. Our strategy includes investments to encourage continued funding commitments by current major donors, mobilize new donors for malaria R&D, and support efforts to track country-level progress against malaria. Progress on malaria policy and advocacy will be evaluated based on the level of global funding for malaria control and R&D through bilateral, multilateral, and private sources. Progress also will be evaluated based on countries' adoption of effective policies to improve malaria control.


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April 2 – Happy Birthday Mike Kekich
Today's Pinstripe Birthday celebrant is best known for his involvement in one of the most publicized deals in both Yankee and Major League Baseball history. The trade did not take place between two ball clubs and did not require anyone to switch uniforms. Instead, after a dinner party one evening at the home of New York Post sportswriter, Maury Allen, Yankee pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson agreed to trade families. Kekich's wife and two daughters would move in with Peterson and Fritzie's wife and two sons would live with Kekich. As it turned out, Kekich got the short end of that deal.
The left handed fire-baller was once considered the next Sandy Koufak, when the Dodgers drafted him in 1964. He got a chance to pitch with the great one the following season, when LA brought him up for a look-see as a 20-year-old, just before the All Star break. Kekich's problem on the mound was control. He walked almost as many as he struck out. The Dodgers used him as a starter in 1968 and when he finished that year with a 2-10 record, he was traded to the Yankees for outfielder Andy Kosco. The only thing I remember about that transaction was that it officially converted my big brother Jerry into an ex-Yankee fan for life because for some reason, Andy Kosco was his favorite player.
Over the next four seasons, Kekich evolved into a decent starter for some pretty mediocre Yankee teams. In fact, by 1971, the Yankees had put together a five-man rotation that looked as if it could help get the Yankees back into the pennant picture for seasons to come. In addition to Kekich and Peterson, it included ace Mel Stottlemyre, Stan Bahnsen and Steve Kline, all of whom were younger than 30 and each of whom won in double figures during that '71 season. Instead, the Yankees proceeded to inexplicably trade Bahnsen for some guy named Rich McKinney and then Peterson and Kekich made that infamous trade of their own.
The family swap worked out for Fritz and Susanne Kekich. The two are still married today. Marilyn Peterson and her two boys left Kekich days after the exchange took place and the pitcher's personal life and baseball career were pretty much turned upside down. After starting the 1973 season as a Yankee, Kekich was traded to Cleveland for a pitcher named Lowell Palmer. He lasted just one season with the Indians and then started pitching on any team and in any country that would have him. During that period of his life Kekich almost died when he ruptured his spleen trying to break up a player brawl in a Venezuelan league game and almost died again when his motorcycle struck a police car in California. By 1980 he was playing baseball in Mexico by day and enrolled in a course to become a medical doctor, at night. That didn't work for him either.
Eventually, Kekich did remarry and now lives in New Mexico. He was born in San Diego on this date in 1945. That's him sitting in the foreground in the above photo next to his first wife, Susan, with Fritz and Marilyn Peterson sitting behind them. He shared his wife with Peterson and he shares his April 2nd birthday with another former Yankee starting pitcher and this former Yankee outfielder.


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Ignoring Deductions For Tax Savings
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Why would any commercial laundry business owner or manager ignore perfectly good, legitimate tax deductions? Our complex tax rules and an Internal Revenue Service consistently on the lookout for missed income and exaggerated deductions paint a one-sided picture of our tax laws.It is not easy trying to break a life-long habit of minimizing income and maximizing deductions in order to produce a low tax bill. Surprisingly, however, the lowest tax bills often result from legitimate tax deductions postponed or ignored.
A start-up has the option of deducting up to $5,000 in start-up and organizational expenditures in the year the laundry opens its doors. But why would it want to? If the new business has income, it will likely find itself in the lowest tax bracket. If those start-up expenses are ignored in the first year they – and any start-up expenses that exceed $5,000 - will be available for deduction ratably over the following 180-months. Thus, the $5,000 deduction deferred until later, more profitable years, will help reduce income that, in all-likelihood, will be taxed at a higher rate than it would as a start-up.
Our tax laws offer a degree of flexibility that permits laundry business owners and managers to legitimately manipulate both income and deductions to achieve a consistently low tax bill. Deferring or postponing the receipt of income in a tax year when profits are up often results in a lower tax bill for both that year as well as in later years when income can be offset by a larger-than-usual amount of deductions. As was the case with our start-up expenses, deferring deductions until a tax year when profits – and a higher tax bracket – make them more valuable is a legitimate option.
Business entities damaged by a hurricane or other disaster often have an incentive not to claim deductions and thus report higher pre-catastrophe income. Higher pre-catastrophe income can lead to higher federal assistance and insurance settlements from damages due to loss of income.
Frequently, a laundry owner or manager will ignore otherwise legitimate deductions and thereby report higher income. Some situations involve third parties – a potential investor, creditor or buyer – who have requested copies of the laundry operation's tax return to access the income potential of the entity.
If a laundry owner is applying for a loan, banks are usually wary of self-employment income because of the ability of individuals to manipulate such income. Likewise, individuals buying a business should be aware that a tax return is not a fair representation of the profitability of the business.
Is fraud committed by not voluntarily disclosing additional expenses that were not reported on the tax returns to a third party. Omitting expenses in financial statements is a violation of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); however, small businesses do not always use GAAP-basis financial statements. Tax laws, as mentioned, do not require claiming all deductions for tax purposes.
Every business claims a write-off for some capital assets. Whether the building that houses the laundry operation, the furniture or fixtures within that building or the equipment used by the operation, the cost of these capital assets is usually recovered using a depreciation write-off.
The tax rules allowing for the recovery of amounts spent for equipment do not match tax depreciation with economic depreciation. The write-off period for newly acquired capital assets differs greatly between the period when the building, fixtures or equipment will contribute to the laundry operation's profits and what our lawmakers label an asset's "useful" life.
In addition to shorter "useful life," write-off periods, the tax rules encourage investment in business assets by allowing accelerated depreciation methods. Investment in business assets is further encouraged by allowing an expensing allowance or first-year write-off of up to $100,000 of the cost of newly-acquired equipment under Code Section 179. Remember, however, neither accelerated depreciation nor the first-year write-off are mandatory.
Although, depreciation deductions do not have to be claimed, they do "accrue" and figure in the computation for gain or loss when property is sold, abandoned or otherwise disposed of.
It is also possible to ignore the standard system of depreciation, choosing instead a slower, more even write-off such as the straight-line method. The IRS reportedly looks more closely at any commercial laundry choosing an alternative depreciation method such straight-line depreciation for newly-acquired property rather than using the no-questions-asked modified asset cost recovery system (MACRS).
Although entitled to claim a deduction – any deduction – many laundry owners or managers ignore the deduction because of a fear that it will increase the likelihood of an audit – or because the paperwork and recordkeeping is not worth the amount of the deduction.
Keeping track of small items purchased for the laundry business is often too time consuming to be worth the trouble. Keep in mind, however, for many expenses such as travel, entertainment and the like, physical receipts are not required for amounts less than $75. Of course, a contemporaneous record is necessary to support a claimed deduction including the standard mileage deduction.
A valid reason many launderers ignore the home office deduction is the impact a home office can have on the profits when the home is eventually sold. Generally, up to $250,000 ($500,000 for those filing jointly) of gain on the sale of a principal residence used as such for at least two of the five years preceding the sale may be ignored for tax purposes.
This exclusion applies even if part of the dwelling was used as a deductible home office. The exclusion does not apply, however, to depreciation deductions claimed for that home office. Instead, depreciation is recaptured (generally, subject to a 25% maximum tax rate) to the extent that gain is realized on the sale. Remember depreciation must be recaptured or paid back, whether or not claimed on the return. Gain cannot be avoided by foregoing depreciation deductions on the home office.
One option involves employing a two-off, three-on strategy. After three years of business use, the space is utilized for personal use for two years. Starting with two personal use years, and continuing this pattern keeps the space eligible for the home sale exclusion, since it will meet the two-out-of-five years residential use test.
Under our tax rules, a repair is not always an immediately deductible expense; it is often classed as a capital expenditure. Expenses that keep property in an ordinarily efficient operating condition and do not add to its value or appreciably prolong its useful life are generally deductible as expenses.
If, however, those repairs such as painting, mending leaks, plastering and conditioning gutters on a building are part of an overall plan to fix-up, remodel or rehabilitate the building housing the laundry operation, both the IRS and an owner attempting to utilize those expenditures in a later tax year, can legitimately class them as capital improvements. In fact, the IRS will often label them capital improvements whenever they feel they are part of a capital improvement plan.
Ignoring or postponing tax deductions is only one strategy and may not always be the correct one for a particular laundry operation. Frequently, the laundry needs more, not less, currently deductible expenses. Thus, the popularity of so-called "prepaid" expenses. Yes, even cash-basis laundries and other businesses may deduct certain prepaid expenses in the year paid. If the payment creates an asset having a useful life extending substantially beyond the end of the tax year in which paid, the expenditure may not be deductible, or may be deductible only in part, in that year.
If, for example, a calendar-year laundry signs a three-year business property lease on December 1 of the tax year and agrees to pay an "additional rental" of $18,000 plus monthly rental of $1,000 for 36 months, he can deduct only $1,500 for the tax year ($1,000 rent plus 1/36 of $18,000). The $18,000 is paid for securing the lease and must be amortized over the lease term.
Ignoring perfectly legitimate tax deductions is not an easy habit to break. However, matching the available tax deductions with the commercial laundry operation's income can, if handled properly, increase the value of the deductions while ensuring a tax bill consistently in the lowest possible tax bracket.
A fluctuating economy combined with a tax system that takes progressively larger bites as taxable income increases, often means deductions may be worth more next year than today. Or, on the other side of the coin, an exceptionally profitable year might warrant claiming every tax deduction the laundry business is entitled to. Or, postponing income wherever possible to reduce the current tax bill low. The strategy is "tax planning." Tax planning is a year 'round activity that reaps big rewards – and consistently low tax bills – year after year.
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We would also be the first to point out that the process could be better.
Until this year, the entire process was paper-based, starting and ending with a big, blue and white box. The process is very long and labor intensive on the candidate, processing staff, and scorers, which is why it is also very expensive—more than board certification for other professions.
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When most of us were children, we had a lot of unsupervised time to explore. Sometimes we got lost. Sometimes we got hurt. We faced bullies, cranky adults, and aggressive neighborhood dogs. These adventures helped us learn to negotiate risk as we explored the ragged borders of our world.
Our students need exploration, complexity, and the risk of failure. If we spare them from struggle, we might rob them of fulfillment, too.
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